In 2023, HMP Oakwood, located in the West Midlands, had the highest prisoner population of all prisons in England and Wales with around 2,087 prisoners located there. The recently-opened HMP Berwyn in Wales had the second-highest number of prisoners at 1,882.
Largest prisons in the United Kingdom in 2023, by prisoner population
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